The Netflix political series led by Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell returns for a second season on October 31. But do you remember the plot well?
Among the good surprises that we didn’t expect in 2023 on Netflix, there was The Diplomat. This political thriller followed the first steps of Kate Wyler, a diplomat specializing in the Middle East, in the role of American ambassador in London, while an international crisis is triggered and which she must defuse at all costs.
With this program, Netflix offered a series full of twists and turns on power games but also on marriage. Hailed by critics and the public, The diplomat landed, a year later, a season 2, put online on October 31, 2024. But before launching the six new episodes, do you remember the plot of the first season? If this is not the case, we summarize everything for you below, of course with spoilers.
The season 1 recap of The diplomat
In the first season of The diplomat released in 2023, diplomat Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) finds herself propelled to the post of American ambassador to the United Kingdom, even though she has no appetite for political games. Above all, an international crisis is playing out even though it has just arrived: a British aircraft carrier was attacked near the Iranian coast.
Throughout the season, Kate Wyler must create alliances to assert herself in her position, prevent the situation from getting worse with a warring British Prime Minister, while uncovering the real culprit. attack. What she also doesn’t know at the start is that her nomination to the post of ambassador is actually a test to see if she has what it takes to become the next vice-president of the United States.
All this while managing her turbulent private life: her marriage in crisis with Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell), a former ambassador who doesn’t seem ready to hang it up and meddles a little too much in his work, her budding romantic attraction to the Secretary of State. British Foreign Affairs, Dennison (David Gyasi).
That’s a lot for a single season, and the first season’s finale proves to be explosive. While the attack on the British aircraft carrier seems to be the work of Iran, then Russia (the attack was allegedly carried out by a certain Lenkov, leader of a group of Russian mercenaries), the finale reveals that the The real instigator would be the British Prime Minister himself, Nicol Trowbridge!
But no time to digest this revelation, since the final episode of season 1 of The diplomat ends with an explosion. The lives of four key characters are threatened: British MP Merritt Grove, American embassy officer Ronnie Buckhurst (Jess Chanliau), deputy head of mission Stuart Hayford (Ato Essandoh) and Kate’s husband Hal. Did they survive? Who attacked them? Answer in season 2 of The diplomat.
Series sheet
The diplomat features an American diplomat, Kate Wyler, who worked in the Middle East and suddenly finds herself catapulted as US ambassador to London. A woman in the field, Kate does not particularly have the political skills for this position, even though she must manage an international crisis and build alliances, while continuing to ensure the smooth running of the embassy’s various social events. If her professional life is hectic and her career could even be compromised, Kate Wyler must also deal with her husband, Hal, a former ambassador who is still too involved and for whom his wife is not always an ally, but a competitor. .
- Keri Russell as Kate Wyler
- Rufus Sewell as Hal Wyler
- Ali Ahm: Eidra
- Pearl Mackie as Alysse
- Jess Chanliau as Ronnie
- David Gyasi as Dennison
- Ato Essandoh as Stuart
- Rory Kinnear: Trowbridge
The exclusive series The Diplomat will be broadcast on the platform streaming Netflix since April 20, 2023. This eight-episode miniseries is accessible to all subscribers of the platform, in France and abroad. For all Netflix content, you can subscribe to the streaming giant from 5.99 euros per month (subscription with advertisements), 13.49 euros per month (standard subscription) and 19.99 euros per month (premium).